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17-08-2014, 04:00 PM
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LEE BEE WAH WAS CONSTANTLY BOTHERED BY THE FOREIGN TALENT ISSUE
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16 Aug 2014 - 9:57am
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Lee Bee Wah, the president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) announced yesterday that she would not be standing for re-election in the September 6th election.
She has been in charge for the past six years and has seen several successes including the first Olympic medal in 48 years, a win at the World hampionships and the recent string of wins at the Glasgow commonwealth games.
However, despite the success of the table tennis team under her watch, she had also constantly struggled with the foreign talent issue which had again resurfaced at the commonwealth games.
Many Singaporeans do not feel proud of the table tennis team's achievements as they feel that Singapore has simply "bought" players to win medals.
While there are a small number of local born talents, they are often sidelined and not given as much playtime as their foreign born counterparts.
Lee Bee Wah explained at the press conference yesterday that the STTA has already been working hard to develop young local talent.
She pointed to the development of the STTA-PAP Community Foundation program for kindergarten kids as well as zone training centres for young table tennis players 5 to 11 years old.
They also set up a school-within-a-school at the Sports School to groom future table tennis players
Lee Bee Wah explained that these measures are in place to promote the growth of local talents, but she also said that to develop further, we need to support of parents as potential national players must be training full-time at some point and cannot focus on other studies during that time.
She also highlighted that these grooming measures take time to come to fruition. She said that for example, the German world cup football team is so strong because their youth football programs started over 20 years ago. She said that she hoped in 20 years time, Singapore could also take advantage of the various youth table tennis programs so that there can be high level Singapore born table tennis players in 20 years time too.
In any case, Lee Bee Wah also admitted that “Whatever we do, we will not be able to please everyone”.
For example, she said that in the commonwealth games, she had asked the coach to field Isabelle Li to play 2 singles matches against Malaysia but the coach had said she was not ready.
Ms Lee noted that if they had fielded Isabelle and lost the Gold medal, there would also be criticism. :oIo:
Ultimately, she said that the STTA goal is to bridge the gap between local and foreign players and she hopes that this work can continue in future even after she steps down as STTA President.
Others who worked with Ms Lee praised her and her achievements to clean up table tennis and promote a more Singaporean team as well as working with the China born players to help them adapt to Singapore and its lifestyle.
“She cleaned up an NSA that had been filled with problems, replacing it with professionalism, respect and hard work. Singapore table tennis will miss the services of Lee Bee Wah,” said Mr Oon Jin Teik, SportsHub chief operating officer and former chief executive officer of the Singapore Sports Council.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?188068-LBW-Defends-Buying-Ping-Pong-Medals-In-Place-of-Competing-With-True-SGs!&goto=newpost).
LEE BEE WAH WAS CONSTANTLY BOTHERED BY THE FOREIGN TALENT ISSUE
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16 Aug 2014 - 9:57am
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Lee Bee Wah, the president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) announced yesterday that she would not be standing for re-election in the September 6th election.
She has been in charge for the past six years and has seen several successes including the first Olympic medal in 48 years, a win at the World hampionships and the recent string of wins at the Glasgow commonwealth games.
However, despite the success of the table tennis team under her watch, she had also constantly struggled with the foreign talent issue which had again resurfaced at the commonwealth games.
Many Singaporeans do not feel proud of the table tennis team's achievements as they feel that Singapore has simply "bought" players to win medals.
While there are a small number of local born talents, they are often sidelined and not given as much playtime as their foreign born counterparts.
Lee Bee Wah explained at the press conference yesterday that the STTA has already been working hard to develop young local talent.
She pointed to the development of the STTA-PAP Community Foundation program for kindergarten kids as well as zone training centres for young table tennis players 5 to 11 years old.
They also set up a school-within-a-school at the Sports School to groom future table tennis players
Lee Bee Wah explained that these measures are in place to promote the growth of local talents, but she also said that to develop further, we need to support of parents as potential national players must be training full-time at some point and cannot focus on other studies during that time.
She also highlighted that these grooming measures take time to come to fruition. She said that for example, the German world cup football team is so strong because their youth football programs started over 20 years ago. She said that she hoped in 20 years time, Singapore could also take advantage of the various youth table tennis programs so that there can be high level Singapore born table tennis players in 20 years time too.
In any case, Lee Bee Wah also admitted that “Whatever we do, we will not be able to please everyone”.
For example, she said that in the commonwealth games, she had asked the coach to field Isabelle Li to play 2 singles matches against Malaysia but the coach had said she was not ready.
Ms Lee noted that if they had fielded Isabelle and lost the Gold medal, there would also be criticism. :oIo:
Ultimately, she said that the STTA goal is to bridge the gap between local and foreign players and she hopes that this work can continue in future even after she steps down as STTA President.
Others who worked with Ms Lee praised her and her achievements to clean up table tennis and promote a more Singaporean team as well as working with the China born players to help them adapt to Singapore and its lifestyle.
“She cleaned up an NSA that had been filled with problems, replacing it with professionalism, respect and hard work. Singapore table tennis will miss the services of Lee Bee Wah,” said Mr Oon Jin Teik, SportsHub chief operating officer and former chief executive officer of the Singapore Sports Council.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?188068-LBW-Defends-Buying-Ping-Pong-Medals-In-Place-of-Competing-With-True-SGs!&goto=newpost).